The Koch Ellis Fund
New Haven, CT · EIN 22-2505228. Reported 252 grants totalling $1,460,875 to 112 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Koch Ellis Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $160,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollins University | Roanoke, VA | $509,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater New Haven | New Haven, CT | $235,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitehead Institute | Cambridge, MA | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Divity School of Yale | New Haven, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Divinity School of Yale | New Haven, CT | $51,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Church on the Green | New Haven, CT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | New Haven, CT | $35,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berkeley Divinity School at Yale | New Haven, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orange Congregational Church | Orange, CT | $23,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Foote School | New Haven, CT | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mcgill University | Montreal, QC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookline Ctr for Community Mental Health | Brookline, MA | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookline Food Pantry | Brookline, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faes | Bethesda, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fair Haven Community Healthcare | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount Sinai Health System | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Haven Chorale Inc | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carleton University Foundation | Ottawa, ON | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookline Education Foundation | Brookline, MA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brookline High School PTO | Brookline, MA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Dramaworks | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connecticut News Project Inc | Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Nightingale Bamford School | New York, NY | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Haven Reads | New Haven, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Marfan Foundation | Port Washington, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Ma | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairplay (campaign for Commercial Free Childhood) | Boston, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $4,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Conncat | New Haven, CT | $4,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calvin Hill Day Care Center | New Haven, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Norfolk Academy | Norfolk, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH | $3,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berkely Academy | New Haven, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Bloomfield, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Donors Choose | New York, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Haven Lawn Club | New Haven, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Taft School Alumni Fund | Watertown, CT | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edgerton Park Conservancy | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iris | New Haven, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Cambridge, MA | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calvin Hill Day Care | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carolina Performing Arts | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Public | Hartford, CT | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grace-Based Films | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leila Day Nurseries | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nyu STEM School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pen America | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voices Boston | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westminister School | Simsbury, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association Ct Chapter | Southington, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elizabethan Club | New Haven, CT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Trinity Church | Hartford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Nationals Philanthropies | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Merrie-Woode | Sapphire, NC | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Voices for Children | New Haven, CT | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hamden Hall Country Day School | Hamden, CT | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopkins School | New Haven, CT | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lost in New Haven | New Haven, CT | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alfanar Inc US | Newton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artisans Asylum | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridges Outreach Inc | Summit, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edith B Jackson Childcare | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| El Education | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Communities Alliance | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Trilateral Commission - the North American Group | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utah Film Center | Salt Lake City, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington National | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Thomas More | New Haven, CT | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The First Tee of Connecticut | Cromwell, CT | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stoneleigh Burnham School | Greenfield, MA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asu Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Marathon | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edgerton Park | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elm Shakespeare | New Haven, CT | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends Center for Children | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gaylord Specialty Healthcare | North Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gus Robotics Team | Meriden, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Long Wharf Theatre | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Cancer Research | Newport Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation | Fredericksburg, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund | Newington, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Church | Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Festival | New Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Merrie-Wood | Clemmons, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Church at Yale | New Haven, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Children's Pre-School | Palo Alto, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Episcopal Church | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thirteen | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
65 of 112 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Hollins University
MINK COTTAGE; CLASS OF 1974 - Whitehead Institute
FOR DAVID PAGE'S LABORATORY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 134 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57 | $325,450 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 54 | $250,200 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 69 | $474,475 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $410,750 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
42% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Koch Ellis Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 55 Highland Street, New Haven, CT, 06511. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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